“This person just shouldn’t be out of jail. I think justice says he’s got to stay there for life. It was cold, calculated, cold-blooded first-degree murder,” Executive Councilor Dave Wheeler, R, said.
WMUR – Feb 22, 2024
From WMUR, Feb 22 2024
Robert McLaughlin was a Hampton police officer in June 1988 when he went to the door of his neighbor, Robert Cushing, and shot him twice in the chest.
McLaughlin eventually turned himself in to police and was later convicted.
On Wednesday, councilors voted unanimously against his request for a pardon hearing.
“This person just shouldn’t be out of jail. I think justice says he’s got to stay there for life. It was cold, calculated, cold-blooded first-degree murder,” Executive Councilor Dave Wheeler, R, said.
